different between ginormous vs enormous

English

Etymology

Blend of gigantic +? enormous

Merriam-Webster traces ginormous back to 1948, when it appeared in a British dictionary of military slang.[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?a??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

ginormous (comparative more ginormous, superlative most ginormous)

1. (informal) Very large.
   • 1986, Jazz (Autobot), Transformers The Movie

     “This is Jazz, a ginormous weird looking planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.”

   • 1999, Gabrielle Charbonnet, Adventure at Walt Disney World Book #7 page 20

     Walt Disney World is ginormous. Even after you’re on the property, you have to drive about fifteen minutes to get to different places.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Derived terms

• ginormously
• ginormousness

Translations

See also

• hunormous

English

Etymology

From Latin ?normis. An assimilated form of ex- (“out of”) + norma (“rule, norm”) + -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??n??(?)m?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?s

Adjective

enormous (comparative more enormous, superlative most enormous)

1. (obsolete) Deviating from the norm; unusual, extraordinary.
   • , New York 2001, p.105:

     all shall be rather enforced than hindered, except they be dismembered, or grievously deformed, infirm, or visited with some enormous hereditary disease is body or mind […].

2. (obsolete) Exceedingly wicked; atrocious or outrageous.
   • 1872, James Pillsbury Lane, Historical Sketches of the First Congregational Church, Bristol, R.I., 1689-1872, page 61:

     Men would prove wolves and vipers; tigers and dragons mixt in one and the same person to each other. O bless God for this great gift of Princes and Judges to rule the wicked and enormous world and to sway the scepter of righteousness […]

   • 1898, Christianity in Earnest, for Church Extension and Saloon Suppression, page 7:

     Protestant Christian people are largely ignorant or indifferent to the wicked and enormous religious claims of Romanism. As a so-called religious organization, Romanism is not only the foe of Protestantism, but […]

3. Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.

Synonyms

• massive
• huge
• gigantic
• humongous
• abnormal
• tremendous
• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Anagrams

• nemorous